What is it about?
Pt is an fcc metal that is normally grown into highly symmetric nanocrystal. We demonstrate for the first time that a fibrous nanocube of platinum constructed by networked-ultra-small nanorods can be realized from a reaction that contains formic acid, K2PtCl6, and sodium dodecyl sulfate.
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Why is it important?
We highlight two special features in this finding: (i) networked-nanowires of Pt surprisingly construct a cubic morphology, assumed via a long-range surface interaction, under the present reaction condition. (ii) Fibrous nanocube of Pt has a large surface area for enhanced surface or catalytic reaction.
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I expect this article can drive more intensive research on the possibility to tune the morphology of fcc nanocrystals by manipulating the reaction condition, for enhanced performance in the application.
Dr Akrajas Ali Umar
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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This page is a summary of: Fibrous, ultra-small nanorod-constructed platinum nanocubes directly grown on the ITO substrate and their heterogeneous catalysis application, RSC Advances, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry,
DOI: 10.1039/c3ra43298j.
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